Feature Catalog for the Places TIGER/Line Shapefiles Places 2025 2025-09-18 eng; USA utf8 U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 301-763-1128 301-763-4710 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400 Washington DC 20233-7400 United States geo.geography@census.gov pointOfContact PLACE.shp Current Place State-based false STATEFP Current state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - States/State Equivalents PLACEFP Current place Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code FederalInformation Processing Series Census Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (Formerly FIPS 55-3) PLACENS Current place GNIS code INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)), Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone GEOID Place identifier; a concatenation of Current state FIPS code and place FIPS code The GEOID attribute is a concatenation of: a) the state FIPS code, and b) the place FIPS code. No spaces are allowed between the two codes. The State FIPS code is taken from "National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing Series(FIPS) - States". The place FIPS code is taken from FederalInformation Processing Series Census Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (Formerly FIPS 55-3) GEOIDFQ Fully qualified place identifier; a concatenation of census survey summary level information with the place identifier. The GEOIDFQ attribute is calculated to facilitate joining census spatial data to census survey summary files. The GEOIDFQ attribute is a concatenation of the summary level code, followed by the geovariant code, followed by the geocomponent code, followed by 'US', followed by the place identifier. No spaces are allowed between the codes. The summary level code is '1600'. The geovariant code is '00'. The geocomponent code is '00'. The place identifier is taken from the 'GEOID' attribute. NAME Current place name Values for this attribute are composed of a set of place names. As such, they do not exist in a known, predefined set. NAMELSAD Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for place Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for place LSAD Current legal/statistical area description code for place 00 Blank 21 borough (suffix) 25 city (suffix) 37 municipality (suffix) 43 town (suffix) 47 village (suffix) 53 city and borough (suffix) 55 comunidad (suffix) 57 census designated place (CDP) (suffix) 62 zona urbana (suffix) CN corporation (suffix) MG metropolitan government (suffix) UC urban county (suffix) UG unified government (suffix) CLASSFP Current Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) class code C1 An active incorporated place that does not serve as a county subdivision C2 An active incorporated place that is legally coextensive with a county subdivision but treated as independent of any county subdivision C5 An active incorporated place that is independent of any county subdivision and serves as a county subdivision equivalent C6 An active incorporated place that is coextensive with or approximates an Alaska Native village statistical area C7 An incorporated place that is independent of any county C8 The balance of a consolidated city excluding the separately incorporated place(s) within that consolidated government C9 An inactive or nonfunctioning incorporated place M2 A military or other defense installation entirely within a place U1 A census designated place with an official federally recognized name U2 A census designated place without an official federally recognized name PCICBSA Current metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area principal city indicator N Geographic entity is not a principal city of a CBSA Y Geographic entity is a principal city of a CBSA PCINECTA Current New England city and town area principal city indicator N Geographic entity is not a principal city of a NECTA Y Geographic entity is a principal city of a NECTA MTFCC MAF/TIGER feature class code G4110 Incorporated place G4210 Census designated place FUNCSTAT Current functional status A Active government providing primary general-purpose functions B Active government that is partially consolidated with another government but with separate officials providing primary general-purpose functions F Fictitious entity created to fill the Census Bureau geographic hierachy I Inactive governemental unit that has the power to provide primary special-purpose functions N Nonfunctioning legal entity S Statistical entity ALAND Current land area (square meters) 0 9,999,999,999,999 AWATER Current water area (square meters) 0 9,999,999,999,999 INTPTLAT Current latitude of the internal point -90 90 INTPTLON Current longitude of the internal point -180 180